Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.

Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.

But only a fool sails into combat with nature

You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.

Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.